Ivana Pechnik-Roman Lipscomb

 

Ivana Pechnik-Roman Lipscomb began her piano studies at the age of five, in her hometown of Belgrade, former Yugoslavia. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance at the Academy of Music Art in Belgrade, under Prof. Igor Lazko—a graduate of theMoscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the youngest laureate in the history of the J.S. Bach Competition in Leipzig.

 

During her bachelor’s studies she also attended master classes and private lessons at the Moscow Conservatoryand the Mozarteum Conservatory  of Salzburg.  Ivana’s performance at the latter of these institutions resulted in an invitation by the renowned Prof. Karl-Heinz Kämmerling to continue her musical studies at theMozarteum.  Unfortunately, plans changed for Ivana when war broke out in her native country and she immigrated to the United States to join her family members.

 

Following her move to the United States, Ivana continued her graduate studies at the Peabody Conservatory of Music under Prof. Julian Martin—a graduate of Peabody and piano faculty at the Juilliard School of Music.  She obtained her Master’s degree in Piano Performance with a full scholarship at the Florida State University College of Music under Prof. James Streem—a graduate of Juilliard.

 

Ivana is a dedicated piano teacher and performer.  She has been teaching and performing in Europe and the United States for over 20 years.  She is a multiple competition prize-winner and a contestant in both national and international competitions.  She is also the recipient of the Piano Teaching Assistantship at theFlorida State University, where she taught undergraduate piano majors; and a recipient of the prestigious  Maryland State Arts Council Award for an Individual Artist Performance.

 

Prior to Towson Music, Ivana worked in New York City for renowned Colbert Artists Management and was also the Vice President of the Chesapeake International Artists, a Maryland-based management company for classical musicians.